Tbh no matter what's being said, the USA's right wing is really mild compared to what's out there for the rest of us.

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Exactly!

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether Wow imagine being afraid of LGBT people that you call the cops on LGBT supporters because you're that scared lmfao and they say there's no such thing as homophobia, yeah right. That's fear if I ever smelled it.

@SatanBurger Yup homophobia and islamophobia are just figments of the evil free world imagination.

@BlueVeins become as bad as Russia in what sense? And if next elections republicans take power, how long do you give it until this happens?

@HannibalAteMeOut
Domestic policy and general authoritarianism, I guess. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see journalists being executed and speaking out against religion being a crime. Rollback of anti-discrimination protections, arbitrary rule eroding away economic output, decriminalized wife beating, and other degenerate shit.


Honestly, that's not the scenario I'm concerned about, because as long as Republicans are gaining and losing power electorally, they're still having to compete for votes, which prevents them from enacting most of their ideology. The reds take and lose power all the time and things stay basically the same.

No, what scares me at this point is the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Independent State Legislature doctrine in Moore v. Harper. Basically, Republicans have been taking all kinds of measures to give themselves more and more power over the election system, and there's gonna be a tipping point sooner or later where they can use the power they've gained to eradicate what remains of the electoral system.

After that point, I'd give it maybe 60 years before we become as bad as Russia. Enough time that the Americans in the workforce then won't have a living memory of democracy, and therefore won't expect much better. But as we've seen with Nazi Germany, it could happen faster, which is frightening since we mirror them now more than anyone else.

@MalteseFalconPunch true, I was thinking of the average people. I mean if I were to talk about governments... I hate all of them. Governments and banks alike. I think the USA seems so nationalistic and imperialistic because it does hold power. I feel if you gave all this power to my country, we'd have double the war crimes that are happening right now 😬 Maybe I'm exaggerrating but it does feel like that at times.

@MalteseFalconPunch I sure don't know the world's numbers, but they claim gun violence is a lot worse here.

Of course that's based on the stats that the FBI collects and a lot of counties don't submit their crime numbers to the FBI, so I don't know how it compare to a lot of Middle East Countries.

@HannibalAteMeOut In Wisconsin, the Democrats won and the Republican Congress basically limited their powers as much as possible. Though that's just one state.

In Pennsylvania, we have a guy running for Governor whom claims he'll be decertified voting machines that doesn't agree with his thoughts... outlaw abortions, and try to make gay marriage illegal, though based on current polling (if correct) he should lose... but he shouldn't have even won the primary.

But your right, in a lot of areas, it would be much worse than that... such as if you upset the wrong person they'll kill you.

Of course that's true in America too... just not as public about it.

@Viper wow they're really doing everything in their power to ignore democracy... I'm sorry it's all happening.

@HannibalAteMeOut So far that's just one state where they're doing it, but others in other states are threatening to do it...

Usually guys that Trump's backs... but a lot of them aren't doing so well in the polls, of course the polls can always be wrong...

@chrisCA even those who have lived through dictatorships, they forget after some years. They would fight the common enemy and then start fighting their comrades.

@HannibalAteMeOut As is in what happened in Greece?

@chrisCA yeah exactly. And I think it happens pretty much everywhere. People rarely learn from history.

@SUPERVlXEN for real... how did the whole world come to decide on the same fcked up "values" is beyond me.

@HannibalAteMeOut
It's not a new wave. Unfortunately. We were there before, and personally I had hoped history had helped us learn the lesson. However, with the lack in education and interest in democracy it seems to matter less.